Skylar86

Skylar86

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  1. forced to work when sick?

    Skylar86 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey everyone, I work in a busy emergency department. Over the past few months we've been short staffed and over capacity (almost daily). Anyways, I felt unwell with niggling abdominal pain when I woke...

  2. invasive procedures during comfort cares?

    Skylar86 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey team, I'm a fairly new nurse who works in a busy adult emerg dept. A few days ago i was working in the acute area (ratio of 1:6). During my shift I had a patient (80F, multiple comorbidities) be...

  3. invasive procedures during comfort cares?

    Skylar86 replied to Skylar86's topic in General Nursing

    I suppose I should have used a different title for this thread. Unnecessary is more the word I was looking for rather than invasive. I realise nothing is going to be distressing for someone who...

  4. NCLEX content- blood values

    Skylar86 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I am a New Zealand trained RN and have been working in emerg for 3 years. I am currently going through the NNAS process to be eligible to write the NCLEX and have been using Uworld as my study guide....

  5. Giving O2 without an order??

    Skylar86 replied to strawberryfields's topic in General Nursing

    im not sure what your policy includes but in the emergency department that i work at we have ''standing orders''. We can give paracetamol (tylenol), oxygen and normal saline without it being...

  6. Scrubs in the Emergency Department

    Skylar86 replied to Krystall's topic in Emergency

    wow... skirts/stockings? i cant imagine!!! all of the nurses wear light colored blue scrubs and the doctors wear navy blue scrubs. We have our own change room and are actually not allowed to wear our...

  7. You Know You're A Nurse If...

    Skylar86 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    on days off when someone asks you what time it is and instead of looking at your wrist you look at your chest/hip for your fob

  8. Why drug someone who does'nt want to be drugged?

    Skylar86 replied to rgroyer1RNBSN's topic in Emergency

    you realize that as a patient you have the right to refuse right? why didnt you refuse the

  9. Have been in the ER for 3 hrs now....

    Skylar86 replied to MadpeysRN's topic in Emergency

    if the OP is a student.....that explains

  10. jehovahs witness- refusing to..

    Skylar86 posted a topic in Emergency

    Hi everyone. On my last shift I came across an interesting situation. I had a 67y/o man come in with chest pain who spoke very little English (I can't remember exactly where he was from). Long story...

  11. Great moments in bad judgement

    Skylar86 replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    13y/o boy placed 30 little magnetic balls into his urethra. he was able to pee ("shoot") the first one out and thought that by putting in more he could make his member into a machine gun? Ended up...

  12. What do you hate seeing the MOST in the ER!?

    Skylar86 replied to CrashED's topic in Emergency

    oh forgot to mention! I work in a university/student town.... the amount of students we get during exam week is really ridiculous. They come in the morning before their exam with ''abdo pain'' and...

  13. What do you hate seeing the MOST in the ER!?

    Skylar86 replied to CrashED's topic in Emergency

    the patients that come in because they forgot to fill their prescription at their GP and its now the weekend... the patients that have had a cough/leg pain/sore whatever for MONTHS and decide that...

  14. Panic setting in as start date nears.....

    Skylar86 replied to ketonesRN's topic in Emergency

    I am a new grad (also graduated december 2011) and got a job right away in the ER. If we didn't have enough in common.... i only had 6 weeks orientation as well! I was nervous at first.. i thought...

  15. did I do the right thing?

    Skylar86 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a newgrad nurse. I've been working in a busy ED for two months now and absolutely love it and I couldn't be happier. Unfortunately this morning I came across a ''situation'' and am not sure if I...

  16. What is the most interesting case you've seen in the ER?

    Skylar86 replied to BigDiesel's topic in Emergency

    ha.. last week had a 12y/o boy put 30 little magnetic metal balls into his urethra. I'm not certain but I personally think that he maybe thought that when he peed they would shoot out like bullets?...

  17. do you bring your work home with you?

    Skylar86 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just curious to know if anyone has ever catched anything (i.e. scabies, flu, HIV etc) from their

  18. Salary comparison

    Skylar86 replied to oriellyk's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    New Zealand RN- New grad $21.67/hr $45,00 something salary and the cost of living is extremely high nurses make a bit more in aussie which is why a lot of NZ nurses go over

  19. Can a new grad work in the ER?

    Skylar86 replied to Lucidity's topic in Emergency

    Answer: Absolutely! I am a newgrad and this is my 5th week (i get 6 weeks orientation and can request more if i need it). I hear so many nurses on here saying how important it is to get a background...

  20. catheterisation... how many attemps until you call it quits?

    Skylar86 posted a topic in Emergency

    I am a newgrad working in the ED (in my 3rd week). I have had previous experience as an EMT and also did a placement in ED as a 3rd year nursing student so I feel as if I am really getting the hang of...

  21. Epic (Nursing) FAILS!

    Skylar86 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Humor

    first year nursing student... extremely nervous as it was my first day on clinical.. first time alone with a doctor and a patient (i was to just observe and get V/S once he finished his assessment) i...

  22. what items could you not go a nursing shift without?

    Skylar86 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    it's interesting... when i was an EMT in Canada (before becoming an RN) most of the nurses had a stethescope but here in New Zealand i NEVER see any nurses (not even in respiratory units) carrying...

  23. E.D nurses "set up to fail"

    Skylar86 replied to nurs2012's topic in Emergency

    i have 6 weeks working with my preceptor (looking after patient loads together) then i am let loose.. if i feel i need more time with my preceptor then i am able to get it... 18 weeks sounds a bit...

  24. E.D nurses "set up to fail"

    Skylar86 replied to nurs2012's topic in Emergency

    i couldnt agree with you more!! i am a new grad in the ED (i am just in my 3rd week now) Luckily the newgrad program that I am on allows me to have 6 weeks orientation with a preceptor (an amazing...

  25. Newgrad nervous about nightshift..

    Skylar86 posted a topic in Emergency

    The good news is that I just recently graduated from nursing school last month and received a full time position in the emergency department (my passion). My preceptor is amazing and I am going to be...